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T. J. OHRISTY. Strap Attachment.

No. 236,417. Patented Jan. 11, I881.

Attest, Invent. 01*

N. PETERS.'PHQYO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. DIG.

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THOMAS J. OHRISTY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE BUL- LOOK,GEORGE BLAOKMAN, AND ROLLA WELLS, OF SAME PLACE.

STRAP ATTACH M ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,417, dated January11, 1881.

Application filed June 21, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. OHRIsTY, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have in vented certain Improvements in AttachingStraps to Buckles, 850.; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had totheaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of strapattachments in which the buckle is attached to the strap by a metal clipor plate surrounding the bar of the buckle, and secured thereto by anordinary 1 rivet or rivets; and it consists in a construction andarrangement of parts, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts in the different figures, Figure 1 is a perspectiveview, illustrating my invention as applied to an ordinary center-barbuckle.- Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig.3 is aperspective view of the fastening plate or clip. To enable othersskilled in the art to which my iiwention appertains to make and use mysaid improvements, Iwill now proceed to more fully describe the same.

A is an ordinary buckle, to the bar B of which the strap 0 is secured bythe fastening clip or plate D, bent around the bar B, with its endsembracing the strap, as shown.

The plate D is constructed as follows: One bar is cast with arivet-stud, d, and the other 3 5 bar with a rivet-hole, (1, so that whenthe parts are bent together on the strap the rivet will pass through therivet-hole, so as to enable the parts to be riveted together. At itscenter the plate is slightly curved or dished at d and the metal at thispoint is made thicker, so as to withstand the excessive strain and wearto which this portion of the plate or clip is exposed in use.

When the plate or clip is to be used for buckles, as in the drawings,said clip will be cast with a slot, 61 to allow for the movement of thetongue of the buckle. When my improvements are used on any other thanthe tongue-bar this slot may be omitted.

The advantages of my improvements are, by forming the rivet- (l as anintegral part of the clip the cost of manufacture is reduced, the clipis produced as a whole at one operation, the necessity for separaterivets is avoided, and a neater finish and stronger attachment areachieved.

I am aware of and disclaim the construction patented to R. T. Moss,October 22, 1867, Letters Patent No. 70,105.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is-- As animproved article of manufacture, a clip for attaching straps to buckles,when the same is cast with rivet-stud d, rivet-hole d, curve or dish dre-enforced portion d, and slot 01 all as set forth.

THOMAS J. OHRISTY.

Witnesses ROBERT BURNS, CHARLES PIcKLEs.

